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2014 In Review | Why I’ve Been Away

Jan 2, 2015 | Categories: Faith Rehab (Mad at God), Humor, Letting go, letting God, and Uncategorized. Tags: anxiety, Faith Rehab, fear, humor, Special Needs Ministry, and surrendering control.

Gracious Blog Readers, I know. I’ve been away. It’s been over six months since I last wrote a post. Thank you, though, for sticking around to see this one. It’s been a hard year. One that whooped me to the likes I haven’t experienced since Autism D-Day ten years ago. No incidents of death, disease or dismemberment. And certainly...

Waiting through fear and grief, “Do not be afraid!”

Dec 3, 2013 | Categories: Faith Rehab (Mad at God), Grief & Loss, Recent Diagnosis, and Uncategorized. Tags: anxiety, Christmas, Faith Rehab, Grief & Loss, recent diagnosis, surrendering control, Why?!, and worry.

“Your child has autism. He’ll need at least 40 hours of intensive therapy a week. He may not learn to speak, function or live independently. He’ll likely not go to college, marry, or have his own family. You’ll have to abort your plans and rearrange your lives to care for him full-time. His prognosis? Unknown. You’ll just have to wait and see.” In...

Why did God let this happen? Did You lead us out here to die?

Sep 24, 2013 | Categories: Faith Rehab (Mad at God), Grief & Loss, and Uncategorized. Tags: anxiety, Faith Rehab, fear, future, Spiritual Autism, and Why?!.

“Did You lead us out here to die?” As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in...

“I Can Never Die”

Mar 22, 2013 | Categories: God Understands?!, Grief & Loss, Letting go, letting God, Mommy Martyrdom, and Uncategorized. Tags: anxiety, fear, future, surrendering control, and worry.

Who Will Take Care Of My Child After I’m Gone? Parents of “normal” children don’t have to worry about this. It’s a given that children grow up to become independent and go off to raise children of their own. Not so for my family. As a perennial, functionally five-year-old, our autistic son will remain dependent on us for his daily care, for the rest of...